Job Description:

Salary Range:

$70,000.00 - $79,000.00 USD annually.

As part of Arizona State University’s charter to provide access and excellence, ASU Preparatory Academy (ASU Prep) shares this commitment by demonstrating all students can achieve at the highest levels, regardless of their background. To scale our current impact, ASU Prep is advancing a major expansion program taking fundamental responsibility for the communities we serve.

The Assistant Principal of Operations, ASUP West Valley is a core member of the School Leadership Team and is responsible for ensuring the seamless execution of all operational systems. Leading the day-to-day operations of the school, builds and maintains strong systems, and partners closely with instructional leadership to create a safe, efficient, and mission-aligned academic and cultural environment. The Academic Operations Manager ensures operational excellence so that teachers can teach and students can learn at the highest levels.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education, required. Master’s degree, preferred.

• State of Arizona Teaching Certificate, required.

• 3 years of direct instructional experience, required.

• 1-2 years of experience managing educational programs, grants, operational systems or similar projects.

• Experience with academic data systems such as Infinite Campus, Canvas, DIBELS, and/or Navvy.

• Active AZ Department of Public Safety (DPS) IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card.

• Any equivalent combination of experience, training and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities may be considered. 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead and oversee all daily operations across the school, including collaborating with discipline-related systems to ensure consistency, clarity, and alignment.

• Serve as the primary operational leader and point of contact for all school-based operational needs.

• Partner with the Principal and leadership team to align operational systems to the academic and cultural vision of the school.

• Participate actively in School Leadership Team meetings and strategic planning.

• Manage and develop operations staff members, ensuring clear goals, accountability structures, and successful implementation of their workstreams (e.g., attendance, purchasing, invoice processing, front office systems).

• Provide coaching, feedback, and performance management to operations team members.

• Ensure operational staff maintain strong customer service for students, families, vendors, and staff.

• Support accountability systems across staff to ensure operational deliverables are met with urgency and precision.

• Develop and manage the master school schedule, including teacher schedules, student schedules, classroom assignments, and duty assignments.

• Own and implement a daily staff coverage system to ensure instructional continuity and smooth transitions.

• Maintain accurate scheduling systems throughout the school year as needs evolve.

• Manage facilities management to ensure the school building is safe, clean, well-maintained, and compliant with applicable regulations.

• Oversee vendor relationships and facilities-related projects.

• Lead safety protocols, drills, and compliance documentation.

• Ensure operational readiness for inspections, audits, and compliance reviews.

• Lead operational planning for major school events, testing logistics, family engagement events, and schoolwide initiatives.

• Collaborate with network stakeholders to ensure alignment and clarity across systems and expectations.

• Support student persistence and enrollment systems, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and family communication.

• Track and manage staff time off and operational calendars.

• Partner with instructional leaders, deans, and other stakeholders to ensure operational systems reinforce school culture and academic rigor.

• Build and refine systems that increase efficiency, clarity, and sustainability.

• Anticipate challenges and proactively problem-solve to ensure minimal disruption to instruction.

• Participate in other academic or operational initiatives as assigned by network leadership.

• Additional duties may be assigned as necessary.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Directly supervises employees.  Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.  Responsibilities include decisions related to selection, performance appraisal, discipline and salary recommendations. 

• Build strong and empowered teams by providing direction, delegation, counsel, mentoring and expertise to individual team leads, while retaining overall responsibility and accountability for results. 

• Promote and encourage the development, training and promotion of staff members to ensure the perpetuation of a professional and competent workforce. 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly to stakeholders.

• Proficiency with technology, computers, Microsoft Office Suite, and experience with Infinite Campus

• Exceptional organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.

• Strong data analysis skills with the ability to interpret and analyze data to inform strategic decision making. 

• Demonstrates a strong work ethic, accountability, and a proactive sense of urgency. 

• Ability to work under pressure while maintaining professionalism and attention to detail. 

• Ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy in a professional environment, effectively collaborating with stakeholders at both the school and network levels.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand and talk or hear and sometimes walk and sit. The employee must use hands, arms and fingers to input data, handle, feel or reach. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 25 lbs. such as boxes, supplies, etc. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as to read handwritten or typed material, and the ability to adjust focus, close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

LOCATION:  

Immersion

TRAVEL: 

Occasional travel may be required for site visits, meetings, trainings and/or conferences. Locations may vary and may require overnight stays.

This job description is subject to change at any time. 

What about learning drives us to do more than deliver the lesson? Maybe we’re overachievers. Or maybe we just know what real impact looks like. Each one of us has seen passion win over fear, vision become relentless focus and belief in human potential make it all the way to the finish line.

Our mission is to design new models for educational success and raise academic achievement for all learners. Are you ready to find a career with a company whose mission, vision, and values align with yours? Can you see yourself fitting into this mission with us? 

For more information please visit: https://asuprep.asu.edu/careers/